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author | Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> | 2020-04-02 11:20:38 +0200 |
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committer | Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> | 2020-04-02 11:20:38 +0200 |
commit | 5bca9033558801d7ee7894758fbf63a376510064 (patch) | |
tree | 777051826e1df2b9cf73e511a1fa9693d86c7ae0 /en/boot-installer/x86.xml | |
parent | 63a134f7fe6c3188971e51c5bf6f50a5982a9913 (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-5bca9033558801d7ee7894758fbf63a376510064.zip |
Update manual regarding the latest bootloader changings (removal of lilo + globally changing the term 'Installing GRUB on a harddisk' into 'Installing GRUB on the primary drive')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/x86.xml b/en/boot-installer/x86.xml index 662a83016..f54201c97 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/x86.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/x86.xml @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The kernel will load and launch the installer system. </sect2> <sect2 arch="x86" id="boot-initrd"> - <title>Booting from Linux using <command>LILO</command> or + <title>Booting from Linux using <command>GRUB</command></title> <para> @@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ and install from the installation image, without needing the network. </para> <para> -For <command>LILO</command>, you will need to configure two -essential things in <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename>: +For <command>GRUB2</command>, you will need to configure two +essential things in <filename>/boot/grub/grub.cfg</filename>: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> @@ -139,43 +139,9 @@ its root partition. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> -Here is a <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename> example: - </para><para> -<informalexample><screen> -image=/boot/newinstall/vmlinuz - label=newinstall - initrd=/boot/newinstall/initrd.gz -</screen></informalexample> - -For more details, refer to the -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>initrd</refentrytitle> -<manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry> and -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>lilo.conf</refentrytitle> -<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> man pages. Now run -<userinput>lilo</userinput> and reboot. - -</para><para> - -The procedure for <command>GRUB1</command> is quite similar. Locate your -<filename>menu.lst</filename> in the <filename>/boot/grub/</filename> -directory (or sometimes <filename>/boot/boot/grub/</filename>) and add an -entry for the installer, for example (assuming <filename>/boot</filename> -is on the first partition of the first disk in the system): - -<informalexample><screen> -title New Install -root (hd0,0) -kernel /boot/newinstall/vmlinuz -initrd /boot/newinstall/initrd.gz -</screen></informalexample> - -</para><para> - -The procedure for <command>GRUB2</command> is very similar. The file is named -<filename>grub.cfg</filename> instead of <filename>menu.lst</filename>. An entry -for the installer would be for instance for example: +An entry for the installer would be for example: <informalexample><screen> menuentry 'New Install' { @@ -187,11 +153,6 @@ initrd /boot/newinstall/initrd.gz } </screen></informalexample> -</para><para> - -From here on, there should be no difference between <command>GRUB</command> -or <command>LILO</command>. - </para> </sect2> |